What is a "cold joke" and what is "black humor"? Are bad jokes funny?

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Cold joke:

In English it is called The bad Joke or The cold joke

Definition 1 : The person speaking is quite calm, basically expressionless. The listener should be stunned for a moment after hearing the joke, and think about it until the joke becomes funny.

Definition 2: Cold jokes generally go beyond conventional thinking, do not conform to logic and reality in life, and make people feel stunned; although some cold jokes are quite funny, no matter what, this kind of joke is hard to listen to You won't laugh as much as you would at a "normal" joke; brainteasers are just a bad joke. (Especially the kind of guessing idioms that use homophones, English, etc., and the kind of guessing games like peanuts and butterfly love flowers).

Definition 3: A cold joke is a joke that is not funny at all, a very boring joke, but it can achieve the purpose of mental relaxation, because this kind of joke is easy to understand and easy to understand, but it can The aftertaste is long.

Definition 4: A cold joke refers to a joke that was originally funny due to problems such as homophones, translation, omission of subjects, different logic, assertions and special content, or due to the performer's tone or expression. The joke feels different than the average joke and is harder to laugh at. Cold jokes do not mean they are not funny, they are also a manifestation of humor. Sometimes the fact that a joke is not funny is part of the punchline of the joke.

Definition 5: A bad joke (called a bad gag in Hong Kong and a bad joke in Taiwan) is a type of failed joke. It refers to the fact that the joke itself has homophones, translations, omission of the subject, or different Problems with logic, diction, special content, etc., or due to reasons such as the performer's tone or expression, cause an originally funny joke to fail to achieve its purpose of being funny, making it difficult to make people laugh and leading to a dull moment. However, this does not mean that the joke itself is boring. This is also a manifestation of humor. Nowadays, most people will smile knowingly when they hear cold jokes, and sometimes they will hug their arms tightly to express: "It's so cold!" or speak and express with cold connotations, such as cold shock, temperature, air conditioning or hot weather, etc. wait.

Characteristics of "black humor":

First, special humor style. "Black humor" is different from humor in traditional literature. In traditional Western literature, generally speaking, the distinction between tragedy and comedy is very clear. Comedy satirizes the ugliness and deformity of the villain, while tragedy expresses the pain and misfortune of the hero. But "black humor" literature breaks this boundary. The content of tragedy adopts the artistic treatment of comedy, and pain and misfortune also become the objects of jokes, that is, the content of tragedy is expressed in the form of comedy.

Second, the "anti-hero" character. These anti-heroic images doubt and deny all traditional values. They have a sense of loneliness that everyone is drunk and I am alone, and they also have certain pursuits. For example, the protagonist Billy in Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five" is a crazy character; Oldman believes that these people are "forced to play the role of clowns." The soil that produces such pathological and deformed characters is A sick and deformed society.

Third, the narrative structure method of "anti-novel". Traditional novels adopt the "story-telling" narrative method, which generally has a complete story structure, the narrative has a beginning and an end, and the plot development must conform to the internal logical relationship. The "black humor" literature completely abandons the old "story telling" and instead uses hints, foils, contrasts, metaphors, symbols and other techniques to create a new "dramatic" method. It breaks the limitations of time and space and exaggerates the vastness of the characters' inner world; it is no longer restricted by time and space and can transcend society, morality, customs, and ideas.

Fourth, special themes. In order to be consistent with the overall theme of "black humor", writers also differ from traditional novels in their selection of materials. This is specifically reflected in two aspects: first, exploring themes in the field of science and technology. Most of the "black humor" writers are university teachers. They have profound knowledge and like to introduce the essentials in the field of natural science into literary works.